This is the opportunity to write a wish list

Posted Jan 9, 2026 11:07 UTC (Fri) by alx.manpages (subscriber, #145117)
In reply to: This is the opportunity to write a wish list by joib
Parent article: European Commission issues call for evidence on open source

> I mean, ideally yes, and I'm happy it worked out this way for you.

Thanks! :-)

> But that's not generally how the public sector, or the EU in particular, works.

> If you boycott their way of giving out money,

I'm not saying I'll boycott their way of giving out money. I'll indeed write to them and provide my point of view. Hopefully, they'll take it into account. I believe they can learn. I was stating that I don't like how NLNET is acting, but the EU might be better; we don't know yet.

> they will just give the money to somebody that plays by their rules.

However, if they ignore me, I certainly won't play by their rules. At that point, it's up to them to evaluate if what they do will benefit them or not. After all, they're the interested client looking for a provider.

> Which might, or then might not, be particularly helpful to the FOSS cause.

I believe FOSS is in a strong position. Just imagine if a non-negligible amount of maintainers decided to stop doing volunteer work for a year. The world would certainly notice.